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Date:      Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:54:23 -0400
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To:        Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mail black lists such as ORBS/ORBZ etc
Message-ID:  <20020408235502.1FEF33F30@bast.unixathome.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020408165250.A1809@rain.macguire.net>
References:  <20020408234554.8D69F3F30@bast.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 07:45:15PM -0400

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On 8 Apr 2002 at 16:52, Benjamin Krueger wrote:

> * Dan Langille (dan@langille.org) [020408 16:45]:
> > Given the increase in spam levels over the past 6 months or so, I'm
> > surprised that nobody has stepped forward to fund real time black lists
> > such as ORBS/ORBZ.  Why is that?
> > 
> > Do people see them as unworthy projects?  Not worth funding?  Or is there
> > just no funding available?
> 
> Unfortunately, I think the question is "what is the profit motivation?".
> How do you make money on a spamlist? The only viable sell so far is to
> offer it as a service. Doesn't help the small guys much.

People fund other projects without the profit motive.
-- 
Dan Langille
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